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As the winter holidays approach, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on everyday life, Washington University medical experts offer some tips and guidance for the community

Jeremy Ryan, a graduate student working with Meredith Jackrel in the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences, won a three-year $123,090 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Brian N. Finck, professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Dakotah Jennifer, a senior majoring in English in Arts & Sciences, and a Danforth Scholar, was featured on the BBC’s “Global Climate Debate” news special, featuring leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nations’ recent COP26 climate change meeting.

Washington University in St. Louis has received an award from Civic Nation’s “All In Campus Democracy Challenge,” recognizing its voter engagement efforts during the 2020 election.

The Brown School, the Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation and the School of Medicine’s Infectious Disease Division have launched the Infectious Disease Dissemination and Implementation Science (IDDI) Initiative.

Michael L. Gross, professor in Arts & Sciences and at the School of Medicine, received a $31,500 subcontract from GenNext to support their NIH-funded project.

Michael J. Krawczynski in Arts & Sciences received a three-year $178,445 grant from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative petrology and geochemistry research project.

Steven G. Krantz, professor of mathematics and statistics in Arts & Sciences, received a $144,940 National Science Foundation grant for work on mathematical models for uncovering neurological disorders among the U.S. population infected with COVID-19.

Denise E. Wilfley, professor at the School of Medicine and in Arts & Sciences, received a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a training program in obesity and cardiovascular disease.